Great batting/bowling performances

[L_W_P]

I know its cliché but Steve Waugh's famous SCG hundred.

I watched it all happen on my old mans portable black and white telly that sat on top of his beer fridge.

Pure sports theatre.

 

[Belnakor]

I know its cliché but Steve Waugh's famous SCG hundred.

I watched it all happen on my old mans portable black and white telly that sat on top of his beer fridge.

Pure sports theatre.

shit innngs though, we got pumped in that test, so it was really about Waugh.

Bit like Tubby Taylor's Birmingham ton where we got done by 9 wickets

 

[Illinois Nazi]

For being there at the ground, McGrath's hat trick at the WACA. Effectively ended the Test as a contest in the first session of Day 1, removing the West Indies #3, 4 and 5. And taking his 300th in the middle of it.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Hashim Amla's near 200 at the WACA a few years back. Never seen a more elegant innings live.

 

[PTizzle]

Another cliched one, but I remember watching this and thinking that Clarke was something special. A shame he can't bowl nowadays, but I love this.



I know this one isn't a test, but I just love the romance of a bloke destroying a side on his birthday in the world cup (check out the Haddin/Clarke copy from this Ashes first ball too).


I'd love to post Bracewell's bowling performance against us in 2011 but I can't seem to find it on Youtube.

Great thread.

 

[sherb]

It was well before my time but I've always felt that Kim Hughes knock is overrated.

I'm not sure how you could make that assessment if you didn't even see it.

The Melbourne pitch was two paced, the balls could equally keep low as they could kick. It was pretty awful, heading towards goat track territory.

Hughes made 100 not out from a score of 198. Against an attack of Holding, Roberts, Garner and Croft mind you. This was after Australia was 4-26. Somehow Alderman, of all people, managed to last long enough to see Hughes add nearly 30 runs to make his 100.

Lillee then almost single-handedly reduced the West Indies to 4-10 by stumps on the same day. It was the famous day when DK bowled Viv from the last ball of the day's play.

The highest completed innings in the match was 222. Only 3 other individual 50s were scored for the entire match, the best of them being 66.

It's certainly one of the best innings I have ever seen.

 

[sherb]

This one never gets mentioned, but it always sticks in my mind, just for being remarkable if nothing else.
http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38887.html

I think it's also the last time prior to India this year when two spinners opened the bowling for Australia.

 

[The_Reaper]

Hashim Amla's near 200 at the WACA a few years back. Never seen a more elegant innings live.

Was last december.

Watching him an de Villiers was worth the admission cost even though we were getting flogged.

 

[Partridge]

It was well before my time but I've always felt that Kim Hughes knock is overrated.

No way. Unlike players now that was a top quality attack, at their peak, on a nightmare pitch. Revered icons like Greg Chappell and Allan Border made 0 and 4. I seriously doubt many batsmen around now would last 5 minutes against Holding that day.

He might have been inconsistent, but he was amazing that day.

 

[Partridge]

I know its cliché but Steve Waugh's famous SCG hundred.

I watched it all happen on my old mans portable black and white telly that sat on top of his beer fridge.

Pure sports theatre.

No thanks. The series was already well and truly over, and it was so effective Australia lost the test. One of the most overrated innings ever.

Mark Waugh's century in South Africa (as has been mentioned), or Lara's 153 not out against Australia at Barbados, or Laxman's 281, or Sehwag's 195 at Melbourne, or about a million other hundreds come to mind before that one.

 

[ioppolo]

Surprised no one has said Rob Quiney's 9.

 

[royboy2]

 

[royboy2]

Newest contender, What A final session!!

 

[Outshined]

We've all had our moments



+ 1 for Hashim at the WACA. Superb.

For Australia, Martyn's 114 at Nagpur.

As a team collectively, Adelaide 2006 has to be it. Watched the whole day and will never forget it.

 

[rideclutch]

Faf's 376 ball ton on debut to save the match for the Saffers. Handy 70 odd in the first dig, too.

Nothing to watch really, it's just a ballsy knock. More pertinent now considering how rarely we see that mental fortitude from our own batsmen.